As a past president of the Writers Guild, I think women shouldn't write for free. Maybe you have to do it for a time, to make a reputation, but I think the idea of giving your work away is the beginning of authors not being able to make a living.

It's important to know what you're going to spend your life on, and the only way you're going to find that is by connecting with the force inside yourself.

We all have fantasies about sex that are more perfect than anything in reality.

I have enormous pride in the survival of the Jewish people, the cultural heritage of the Jewish people, but I'm not observant, and I don't belong to a synagogue. I don't go to temple on high holy days, but I'm proud to be Jewish.

It is not surprising that Venice is known above all for mirrors and glass since Venice is the most narcissistic city in the world, the city that celebrates self-mirroring.

I think professionalism is important, and professionalism means you get paid.

There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.